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Can L.A. handle scandal-ridden IOC for 2028 Olympics?
FRANKIE FREDERICKS, Namibia Position: Former sprinter who was selected to chair the IOC evaluation commission of 2024 host city candidates. Transgression: Resigned in the wake of allegations that he...
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It’s official: Olympics are returning to Los Angeles in 2028
A visitor takes a photo of a blazing Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The cauldron was lit early Wednesday morning at the stadium that was the site of...
View ArticleLA 2028 leadership still beaming day after Olympic bid was approved in Peru
LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman stood on the edge of a tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport, a long flight from Lima, Peru and an...
View ArticleIOC president insists corruption scandals won’t damage 2028 Olympics
LOS ANGELES >> The 2028 Olympic Games will not be undercut by a series of high profile corruption scandals involving top International Olympic Committee members, IOC president Thomas Bach...
View ArticleTensions in Korea not affecting USOC’s preparation for 2018 Winter Olympics
PARK CITY, Utah — The United States expects to compete in the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February despite escalating tensions between the White House and the North Korean regime in recent weeks,...
View ArticleLA 2028’s Casey Wasserman says discussions needed before he would fully...
PARK CITY, Utah — Describing a U.S. pursuit of the 2026 Winter Olympics with Los Angeles already hosting the 2028 Summer Games as complicated, Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman said Tuesday the...
View ArticleTime for U.S. Soccer, MLS to face some soul-searching, painful truths
In response to Ben Johnson testing positive at the 1988 Olympic Games, the Canadian government commissioned an investigation into doping within the nation’s Olympic sports. The result was the Dubin...
View ArticleMcKayla Maroney alleges sexual abuse by USA Gymnastics team doctor
The night before the 2012 Olympic Games gymnastics individual event competition, USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar, under the guise of performing a medical procedure, sexually assaulted...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein supports Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney’s decision to come...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein applauded Olympic gymnastics champion McKayla Maroney’s decision to come forward with her account of being sexually abused by USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar. Maroney...
View ArticleChargers tackle Russell Okung asks if NFL is ready to walk with players...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A sense of hope seemed to replace the frustration of a few days earlier as Chargers offensive tackle Russell Okung, ever determined, stood in the Gillette Stadium visitors...
View ArticleGabby Douglas says she was among sexual abuse victims of USA Gymnastics...
The five members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team rejected a series of exultant suggestions for a nickname that did justice to the dominance of their victory in the London Games team...
View ArticleOlympic gymnast, other victims won’t testify at doctor’s sentencing
A U.S. District Court judge has denied a motion that would have allowed Olympic champion McKayla Maroney and other survivors of former U.S. Olympic gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach Don Peters attempts to change...
Many in American and international gymnastics were surprised when former U.S. Olympic coach Don Peters in August denied under oath that he had sexual relations with underage female gymnasts while U.S....
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Alex Wolf puts exclamation point on UCLA’s NCAA water polo title
UCLA Adam Wright talks to his players during the NCAA Championship final match against USC at Uytengsu Aquatics Center at USC in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 3, 2017. (Photo by Axel...
View ArticleRussia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics by IOC
The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea after an IOC investigation confirmed a “widespread culture of doping in Russia” in which...
View ArticleLarry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics doctor, sentenced to 60 years in child...
Former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics women’s national team physician Larry Nassar will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a U.S. District Court judge in Michigan sentenced him to 60...
View ArticleProcter & Gamble, Kellogg’s drop USA Gymnastics sponsorship after sex abuse...
Two of USA Gymnastics largest corporate partners have not renewed their sponsorship deals with the sport’s national governing body amid one of the worst sexual abuse scandals in American sports...
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Mirai Nagasu’s skate of a lifetime secures bronze for Team USA
Mirai Nagasu of the United States performs in the ladies single skating free skating in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP...
View ArticleAussie snowboarder Scotty James comes out swinging
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—Australian snowboarder Scotty James’ trademark is a pair of red boxing gloves he wears on the slopes. The gloves are a tribute to a national symbol of Australia, the red gloved...
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Chloe Kim wins gold for U.S. in Olympic halfpipe
Chloe Kim, of the United States, jumps during the women’s halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory...
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